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Warren H. Wheeler formed Wheeler Flying Service as a charter company at Raleigh/Durham in 1969. The airline division was created in 1976 as Wheeler Airlines and was touted at the time as the first black-owned airline. The regional carrier operated Beech 99s and Fairchild F-27s. It had a marketing agreement with Piedmont Airlines and basically fed Piedmont in the North Carolina area but not as a formal "Piedmont Commuter" carrier. The company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in October 1985 and ceased operations.